Introduction: Al Young Preface: Keystone Legacy: Sascha Feinstein The Story Tellers Forward: Before There Was You 1. Todd's Tune: Todd Barkan 2. Begin the Beguine 3. The Space is the Place 4. The Back Room 5. Ora's Kitchen Ora Harris 6. Taking Care of Business 7. Rahsaan Roland Kirk 8. Teach Me Tonight 9. Bobby and Bags 10. Dexter Gordon 11. Compared to What? 12. East Side / West Side 13. Orrin Orates Orrin Keepnews 14. Bright Moments 15. Rifficials: Jack Hirschman 16. Then and Now 17. The End of Keystone End Notes: My Years at Keystone Kathy Sloane Keystone Korner Discography Notes on CD Sascha Feinstein

"The intersection of Sloane's presence and the Keystone's reputation as a venue for both premier and up-and-coming musicians resulted in an extraordinary photographic record of many of jazz's leading lights in action." * Library Journal *"This book, on the basis of the text alone, merits a spot on the shelf alongside the classic oral jazz histories of Nat Hentoff and Studs Terkel." * All About Jazz *"From the antics of the photo-laden backroom to the underground hype of Ora Harris' Keystone Kitchen, Sloane and fellow editor Sascha Feinstein leave no stone unturned. They examine the backstories of some of Keystone's most lovable characters . . . [Keystone Korner] is a delightful sensory overload definitive of the Keystone experience." * Downbeat *"[A] compelling book of photographs and oral-history interviews by Kathy Sloane...paints a vivid picture of the club and its social context in the post-hippie landscape of the Bay Area. What's captured best in the recollections, and in Ms. Sloane's atmospheric black-and-white photographs, is the warmth and informality of the place." * New York Times *"Oakland photographer Kathy Sloane has written a splendid history of the club, featuring interviews and more than 100 photographs of artists. . . . Keystone Korner closed in 1983, but Sloane's book re-creates it in vibrant detail." * Mercury News *"Like the Keystone Korner itself, Sloane's book is a labor of love and a testament to a memorable time and place. If you were lucky enough to have been there, you can relive it; if you missed it, you can go back in time and live in the heart, art and soul of a San Francisco institution that epitomized the music and feeling of jazz." * newbooksinjazz.com *"Keystone Korner is terrific as a window into a legendary jazz club in addition to serving as a coffee table book. It is a fabulos book that jazz lovers will treasure to enjoy the photographs and the story of a fabled room." * In a Blue Mood *"An essential read for anyone who's ever stepped foot in a jazz club." * Jazzwise Magazine *"Kathy Sloane's oral and pictorial history . . . is a treasure." * SF Weekly *"Open Kathy Sloane's new book, Keystone Korner, and you can smell the cigarette smoke. Put on the accompanying CD, and you can hear Bill Evans or Stan Getz playing this cramped room in North Beach 30 or 40 years ago. October 10, 2011" * San Francisco Chronicle *"Jazz these days is different. The close-knit sense of community between the players and audience is rare, but Kathy Sloane's photographs preserve the spirit of Keystone." * KALW-FM *"[T]his fantastic book . . . chronicles the incredible years of Todd [Barkan's] ownership and management of the infamous Keystone Korner jazz club, dating from the early '70's to the early '80's, in San Francisco." * robertaonthearts.com/Jazz and CabaretCorner *